Just before Thanksgiving, I had the opportunity to present at the University of St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy‘s fall 2022 symposium on “Constitutionalism.” It was an excellent event–the students were engaged in thoughtful, I learned a great deal from my co-presenters, and Minneapolis is a fun city. I presented a draft paperContinue reading “Justice Kavanaugh’s Institutionalism”
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Performative Law
A few weeks ago, I visited Princeton, New Jersey with some friends. One of them is a Princeton University alumnus, so we spent some time wandering around campus with him while he showed us some of his old haunts. Princeton is an absolutely gorgeous campus, and the experience had me itching to go back toContinue reading “Performative Law”
Republicanizing Scholarship
I recently read Brian Frye’s article “Deodand,” which will be published in the Seattle University Law Review. In the article, Brian argues that legal scholarship should be viewed as an art form. Drawing inspiration from Yoko Ono’s Grapefruit, he offers several “pieces” in which he instructs the reader on how they too can make legalContinue reading “Republicanizing Scholarship”
How Lawyers Eat Apples
Like most people, I am not a horse. For this reason, I’ve always hated the expression “one bite at the apple” in legal writing. For those who didn’t spend three of their prime years trying to memorize the rule against perpetuities and stress-eating ice cream for breakfast, the “one bite at the apple” is aContinue reading “How Lawyers Eat Apples”
Chauvinisms 